« Prehistoric Utah | Main | Marlon Brando 1924-2004 » Grand Theft OrkutAffinity Engines, a company that describes itself as "a technology company that provides a secure infrastructure for private-label online social networks," is suing Google over the technology behind Orkut. The company contends that its co-founder, Orkut Buyukkokten, took proprietary code with him – code that is the basis for Google's Orkut social network system. Wired News tells the tale, according to which Orkut B. had signed a noncomp agreement that should have prevented him from working on social network software for Google. It seems odd, then, that they would call attention to the problem by putting his name on the system. The last paragraph in the Wired News story notes that "Affinity Engines said in the filing that it hopes for compensatory and punitive damages from Google, as well as royalties for revenue earned by Orkut." Since there doesn't seem to be a revenue model for Orkut anywhere in sight, one wonders what they were thinking. jon posted this at 8:18 AM |
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Posted by: Social Networking | July 3, 2004 7:46 PM